[Tlhingan-hol] Klingon Word of the Day: quch

[Steven Boozer]

> Klingon word:   quch
> Part of speech: verb
> Definition:     kidnap
 
Related words:

voHDajbo' ransom (n)
vub 		hostage (n) [also "kidnap victim"?]
qama' 	prisoner (n)
jon 		capture (v)
nIH 		steal (v)
HeS 		commit a crime (v)
qop 		arrest (v)

AFAIK {quch} has never been used in canon, but {vub} has:

vubpu' jonta' HeSwI' 
A criminal has succeeded in taking hostages. (ST5 notes)

wa' vub ghaH tlhIngan gharwI''e' 
One hostage is a Klingon diplomat. (ST5 notes)

tlhIngan ghaH wa' vub'e' 
One of the hostages is a Klingon. ST5

vubpu' jon nuchpu'. jonbe' tlhInganpu'. 
Cowards take hostages. Klingons do not. TKW

Cultural notes:

TKW 97:  taking a hostage is not a courageous act. Nevertheless, under certain circumstance, Klingons do take prisoners. ... Kruge seemed to violate the norm when he and his men came across a group of Federation citizens-Lieutenant Saavik, David Marcus, and a young Spock-on the Genesis planet and seized them. His intention was to interrogate them and learn about the Genesis torpedo, not to hold them as hostages.

--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons